Nicolas Bouchaud

Michele and Helene are a seemingly happy married couple, until Helene learns what her husband does on his mysterious weekend trips.

Etienne, a serious and impressionable young cinephile, leaves home to study film in Paris. Settling into a dingy flat with a rotating cast of roommates, he immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists, intellectuals, and fellow film geeks. Shooting in timeless black and white, director Jean-Paul Civeyrac conjures a bittersweet ode to student life that evokes the films of the French New Wave.